Is land abandonment affecting forest dynamics at high elevation in Mediterranean mountains more than climate change?

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Palombo, C ^a   Chirici, G ^a   Marchetti, M ^a   Tognetti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest management; Global change; Mediterranean mountains; National parks; Treeline

Indexed keywords

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84878622065     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.772081     Document Type: Article

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